For Sale: Alpha PWS 600AU
by Phillip G Deneault
600mhz Alpha with 384megs of ram. On board sound and LAN.
This is a REAL AU model, with the qlogic SCSI card and the powerstorm
video card(in case you wanted to run OpenVMS). I would recommend using
a different video card or using the serial console for anything BSD or
Linux.
I believe it has a 9 gig SCSI disk in it, but I've suplemented it with a
50gig IDE drive on the IDE chain. I've also replaced the IDE CD-ROM
with an 68-pin SCSI CD-ROM(yes, thats right, 68-pin).
I also have all the original docs with it.
I was running FreeBSD 5.3 on it until a week ago when I upgraded the
machine. Nice little hobby system.
$200 bucks or best offer. If anyone has any questions, or wishes to
haggle, please reply to me(and not the list, they hate that).
Thanks,
Phil
12 years, 7 months
Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0
by John Stoffel
Hi All,
Thanks for the input I recieved here, I've bought an Epson R300 color
printer for making photos. Once I figured out that the debian package
for libcupsys has the permissions borked for the files in
/usr/lib/cups/backend so that they aren't executable, all is well.
I've been happily browsing images in 'gqview', then loading them into
gimp 2.0, then printing them.
But I'm having issues with scaling images. I have to guess how/where
to crop the images so that I can get the maximum amount of the picture
onto the paper. It's a real pain, with lots of back and forth.
Is there a tool out there, or a gimp plugin, which allows me to take a
picture, select a paper size and gives me a template to crop/scale the
image to fit that paper size nicely? Any hints on what tools/packages
I should be looking at for this type of work?
For example, I've got a picture of my nephew and son which I wanted to
print out. I also wanted to zoom in a bit (or crop the image down to
get closer to them) so that when it printed, I maximized the use of
the 4x6 stock. A real pain in gimp 2.0, but since I'm just using the
standard Debian install, maybe there is a plugin to help with this?
Thanks,
John
12 years, 9 months
SuSE dual frustration....
by Adam Keck
Hello All,
I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the installation kernel and do an installation, but when the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand corner. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error output.
The things I know so far:
o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD.
o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same state.
o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" install.
o http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, but does not say what the guy did. My impression is that I am not even getting that far, though.
Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much!
-Adam
12 years, 11 months
[Fwd: Linux Jobs @ Google...]
by Andy Stewart
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Forwarded at the request of Jeff Polo - please respond directly to him
if you have interest in any of these job opportunities.
Later,
Andy
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Subject: Linux Jobs @ Google...
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:00:41 -0700
From: Jeff Polo <jpolo(a)google.com>
To: <wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org>
CC: <fs(a)wpi.edu>, <andystewart(a)comcast.net>
Hello,
My name is Jeff Polo, and I'm a recruiter with Google. We're currently
searching for Linux systems experts with strong scripting/coding skills and
some networking experience for a number of great opportunities within our
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. Our SRE's are involved in all
aspects of running Google's services, from design to debug, and from
architecture to applications. Google is looking for the best in
engineering talent, and I'm sure a number of your members have the skills
that match up with some of our openings.
I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post a couple of jobs to
your WLUG site, an appropriate mailing list, or otherwise let your members
know about these great opportunities at Google. If so, I've pasted a couple
of representative job descriptions below. If there is a way/forum for me to
do this myself, please let me know. If it's not possible, I completely
understand, and realize that some technical forums choose not to advertise
job opportunities.
If you're able to distribute this information to your members, be assured
that these are real and excellent opportunities, and that I will respond to
all that apply to my email address. We have openings in Kirkland, WA, as
well as in our other development offices in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY;
Dublin, Ireland; and Zurich, Switzerland Please feel free to call or email
with any questions, and thanks in advance for your consideration and time.
Jeff Polo
Google Staffing
Office: 650-623-4767
jpolo(a)google.com
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Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE)
Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA;
Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland.
Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix jockey,
Internet services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or software
engineer, at the top of your game?
Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and
engineering-driven environment?
Can you write a script or application that performs practically the entire
job you once held earlier in your career?
Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to see how
they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're done?
Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and
Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally) If you answered "Yes" to
more than three of the above questions, you may have what it takes. Keep
reading.
Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site. From
design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com engineers
spend their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale clustered
application service environments, and focus on making continual improvements
to our services.
Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst,
service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools
developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all components
of Google.com's services.
This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of
networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the ability
to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting skills are
essential.
Requirements:
3+ years experience in Unix or Linux Systems Administrator.
Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with
the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices
(routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to
identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using
server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute,
etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity
with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of
common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of
troubleshooting at the packet level.
Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems.
Proven technical troubleshooting experience.
Database administration experience a plus.
Programming or debugging of web applications running under Java VM.
In-depth knowledge of Linux, networking, and shell scripting.
Knowledge of Python programming a plus.
Experience with MySQL a plus.
Programming and troubleshooting skills in C/C++ and/or Java a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of
your resume to jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email
must include Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE)
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Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com
(SRE)
Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA;
Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland.
Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for
seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe
you've been coding for years, are bored with the old
design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some
faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who
is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters.
We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the
Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything
involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of
traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from
monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are
aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this
mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical
and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills,
and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which
are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel
situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and
operations team in the process.
Qualifications:
Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java,
Perl, Python.
Senior Level experience with Unix system administration.
Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with
the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices
(routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to
identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using
server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute,
etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity
with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of
common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of
troubleshooting at the packet level.
Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user
systems.
In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), and shell scripting.
Proven technical troubleshooting experience.
Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense
of urgency.
Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, or 3-8 years experience for
SWE position.
BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of
your resume jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email
must include Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator,
Google.com (SRE)
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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13 years
Portable MP3 (and ogg) players and Linux
by Andy Stewart
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HI gang,
I'm starting to investigate the purchase of a new toy - a portable music
player. My preferences would be:
- - flash, not hard drive, based
- - standard batteries (AA,AAA, etc)
- - works reasonably well with Linux
- - plays ogg (nice but not necessary - aren't the files smaller than mp3)
- - plays mp3
I currently have a perfectly functional RioVolt 250 and my only
complaint is that it is quite bulky relative to what is available today.
I was considering some of the offerings by iRiver, as there seems to be
some support by the Linux community.
Does anybody own an iRiver flash based player, and what is your
experience with it?
Does anybody have other recommendations in this area?
Maybe we should make this the topic of a meeting???
Thanks,
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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13 years
Server configuration
by Michael Long
Hi,
I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The
system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is
there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one
partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a
single partition.
System Specs:
Dual Opteron 248 2.2 GHz
LSI Logic MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller
Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 - 73 GB - Ultra320 SCSI
Seagate 80 GB IDE drive
Suse 9.3
Thanks in advance,
Mike
13 years
getting a little burnt by the Sun
by Mike Leo
Hi again...
I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" but
the keyboard mouse is all screwed up.
Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put for
the keyboard/mouse type?
This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for now).
thanks
mike
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13 years
vpn client
by Jill Benware
Alright, on my quest to retrieve files I left on a server back in Baltimore
I have decided to download VPN client for Linux and try that. I have not
succeeded. When installing I get "failed to make module cisco_ipsec.ko"...I
haven't had loads of time to play but if anyone knows how I can get
connected please let me know. Thank you.
Jill
13 years
smbmount
by Jill Benware
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knew how to connect to a windows share. I know the
server, ip, share, workgroup, and I have a username/password. Can anyone
help me with this? Thanks.
Jill
13 years
